Singing away the hunger

Description:

"A compelling and unique autobiography by an African woman with little formal education, less privilege, and almost no experience of books or writing. Mpho's voice is a voice almost never heard in literature or history, a voice from within the struggle of "ordinary" African women to negotiate a world which incorporates ancient pastoral ways and the congestion, brutality, and racist violence of city life. It is also the voice of a born storyteller who has a subject worthy of her gifts - a story for all the world to hear."--Jacket.

subjects: Social life and customs,  Sotho (African people),  Women, Sotho,  Sotho Women,  Biography,  Women, south africa,  Africa, biography,  South africa, social conditions,  South africa, biography,  Vrouwen,  Armoede

People: Mpho 'M'atsepo Nthunya (1930-)

Places: Lesotho